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Originally Posted by Gilles
Flaps, did you replaced the oil injector nozzles? I assumed that these were not a wearable item..
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Yes. About half of mine were plugged solid.
Our friend smallblock454 is correct on all counts. Ditto the rod bolts and bearing carrier bolts.
You can measure roundness of the bores but you can't do crap about it without sleeving the case halves. At 40k miles I hope to crap the OP's bores are still roundish.
The OP asked about rings. They're super expensive for OEM and you can't really scuff up the bore in the traditional way to seat the new ones.
One of these days I'm going to start with good case halves and send them to LN for sleeves. Their price includes sleeving your case halves, and it comes back with pistons and rings. Do the math, it's the best deal going.